Hi Kara - 

As a physician, I sincerely appreciate all that nurses go through. You put up with cranky patients and arrogant doctors day in and day out. You are on your feet running the halls all day which turns into foot problems years later. Hours are long yet hardly boring. Then you go home and likely prepare meals, prepare your kids for school and, if you're lucky, you can go for a walk with your partner or get some exercise in.

That isn't even the half of it.

Nurses are exposed to radiation, cleaning chemicals, sterilizing chemicals, infectious agents, insane patients (and doctors), sharp needles, noxious gases, latex, formaldehyde, heavy metals, dangerous medications and emotional roller coasters - the highest of highs to the lowest of lows.

You love your job. You're passionate about what you do and wouldn't trade it for the world. There are few jobs like it and you kick ...

Q. I've been taking flax oil, chlorophyll drops, and probiotics to help clean out my bowel and digestive system and relieve some constipation and  easy bloating, which I've always been prone to. It's working, but I still feel some blockage and am wondering if there is something i am missing. Should i up my fiber intake? Am I neglecting my liver? etc. Any help would be much appreciated. Thank You!

A. Hello -

Great to hear that you are experiencing some improvements with constipation and bloating. Nice work!

These symptoms are difficult for many to get a handle on. I have some pointers and suggestions which may help relieve your symptoms of constipation and bloating completely.

Are you drinking enough filtered water? If not, make sure you get at least 8 cups a day of water in your. Space it throughout the day.

Have a cup of water right when you wake up and one an hour or so before you go to sleep. That takes care of two of them.

Lack of water intake is a common cause of constipation. Avoid th...

• Limit the intake of sugar, dairy, red meats, nuts, beans.
• Go to town munching on vegetables, fruits, organic chicken and organic eggs, brown rice, wild red or pink salmon and pure water.
• Avoid farmed fish!
• Avoid the Dirty Dozen Fruits and Vegetables! Eat the safe ones!
• Exercise daily for 15-30 minutes - any form whatever you like. Ease up to 30 minutes.
• Get 8 hours of sleep - extremely important.
• Drink pure water - filtered in a non-toxic water bottle is best.
  
• Shower and bathe in chlorine free water.
• Avoid eating fast food.
• Avoid eating anything white (anything made with refined flour, white ric...

I've seen too many asthma patients suffering recently. Our air is becoming more polluted daily leading to more asthmatics.

Doctors commonly forget one simple suggestion:
Drink 8-10 cups of filtered water daily.

Why is this important?
Water assists in thinning the thick sticky mucous which pains so many asthmatics.  See the inflamed bronchial tube filled with mucous? 

Water also assists in diluting blood histamine. Histamine is what causes sudden fast inflammatory reactions. If one can block histamine, then sudden immune reactions can also be blocked.

Other supplements which assist in reducing histamine:
Vitamin C, quercetin, MSM, water!

There are also some items which assist in reducing asthma attacks:
HEPA air filters (do not get ozone forming ones!!!), HEPA vacuum, water filters, shower filters, dust mite covers for your bed and pillows.

Lifestyle tips for reducing asthma attacks:
Wash your bedding weekly in hot water to kill dust mites and remove dust.

Toss y...

I've seen too many asthma patients suffering recently. Our air is becoming more polluted daily leading to more asthmatics.

Doctors commonly forget one simple suggestion:
Drink 8-10 cups of filtered water daily.

Why is this important?
Water assists in thinning the thick sticky mucous which pains so many asthmatics.  See the inflamed bronchial tube filled with mucous? 

Water also assists in diluting blood histamine. Histamine is what causes sudden fast inflammatory reactions. If one can block histamine, then sudden immune reactions can also be blocked.

Other supplements which assist in reducing histamine:
Vitamin C, quercetin, MSM, water!

There are also some items which assist in reducing asthma attacks:
HEPA air filters (do not get ozone forming ones!!!), HEPA vacuum, water filters, shower filters, dust mite covers for your bed and pillows.

Lifestyle tips for reducing asthma attacks:
Wash your bedding weekly in hot water to kill dust mites and remove dust.

Toss y...

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